Helen

Euripides

Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Translated into English Prose from the Text of Paley. Vol. I. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1906.

  1. My name is Teucer, my father is Telamon, and Salamis is the land that nurtured me.
Helen
  1. Then why are you visiting these lands of the Nile?
Teucer
  1. I am an exile, driven out of my native land.
Helen
  1. You must be unhappy! Who banished you from your fatherland?
Teucer
  1. My father Telamon. Could you find anyone closer to me?